I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake. He always has a reason that to him is justification. My cat eats mice. Does that make him bad? I don't think so, and the cat doesn't think so, but I would bet the mice have a different opinion.

To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is not always a denial of things, but an expansion of them to others. Duty is not always a chore, but is best carried out with love.

It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.

You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself